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No end credits scene in Marvel Cinematic Universe history has so expertly threaded that needle of cool future implications, while also wrapping up and being a crucial addition to the story you just watched. His name is Toussaint (Divine Love Konadu-Sun) and we learn he’s the son of T’Challa and Nakia. For example, in the film we never quite learn why Nakia—T’Challa’s significant other—didn’t come to his funeral. Once the waterworks stop, the implications of the scene are huge. And yet, on top of all that, meeting the boy also provides an even warmer, more loving, and deeper conclusion to the film as a whole. What could have been a sad ending of Shuri simply mourning her losses instantly becomes cathartic and hopeful. However, those decades-away hypotheticals are not why this scene stands on the top of the MCU mountain. Picking up seconds after the film ends, we see Shuri (Letitia Wright) still crying on the beach in Haiti as she burns her funeral garb, marking the end of mourning not just for her brother, but her mother too. And yet we think Marvel’s latest film, [Black Panther: Wakanda Forever](https://gizmodo.com/black-panther-wakanda-forever-movie-review-marvel-studi-1849725648), has the best credits scene in Marvel Studios history. Nakia explains T’Challa wanted Toussaint to grow up away from the pressures of the throne which is why he remained hidden. Since the beginning, Marvel Studios has put scenes during and after its credits to keep fans in the seats and tease what’s to come. Wakanda Forever only has one end credits scene, and it’s in the middle.
Shuri (Letitia Wright) suits up in Marvel's 'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever' as the new Black Panther, a successor to Chadwick Boseman's T'Challa.
According to Queen Ororo (the X-Men’s Storm, T’Challa’s wife in the comics), Wakanda needed a Black Panther, and Shuri was the most suitable candidate. In a meta-textual sense, Shuri’s initial refusal to take on the identity speaks to how no one is really capable of living up to Chadwick Boseman. The battle for the throne, and thus for the mantle, is a visualization of the idea of continued lineage, with a mask that anonymizes its wearer in order to draw a direct ceremonial line between generations of Wakandans who previously donned it. Shuri graced the cover of 2009’s Black Panther #1, which told much of her story in flashback after Doctor Doom attacked T’Challa and left him for dead, leaving Wakanda without a Black Panther to protect it. In the first Black Panther, Shuri was referred to as “a child who scoffs at tradition,” an idea that informs her story after her brother succumbs (off-screen) to an illness which she’s powerless to prevent, despite her technological prowess. The 2020 passing of Chadwick Boseman left Marvel Studios two choices: re-cast his role as T’Challa, the Black Panther and king of Wakanda, or pay tribute in the sequel, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.
Marvel has not yet set a date for a third Black Panther movie. But presumably we will see Shuri suit up before then in another Marvel film or television series.
[Red Wave Was More Like a Pink Splash](https://time.com/6231293/red-wave-pink-splash-election-republicans/?utm_source=roundup&utm_campaign=20221107-midterms) [How John Fetterman Beat Dr. Ryan Coogler announced shortly after the launch of Disney’s streaming service Disney+ that he intended to produce a series on Wakanda that would explore more corners of the technologically-advanced African nation and follow several different characters. A much-anticipated (but yet to be announced) Young Avengers project could include her, alongside Ms. It’s unclear if these two projects are the same but expect to explore Wakanda on the small screen soon. After one final Disney+ movie, The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special, this particular era of the MCU will be wrapped up and our heroes will prepare to face a new Thanos-like threat in the form of [Kang the Conquerer](https://time.com/6080568/loki-villain-kang-the-conqueror/). Riri is getting her own show on Disney+ called Ironheart about her adventures in the suit. Will some bad guy try to expose his identity, threatening the future of Wakanda. It introduced a new Black Panther in Shuri (Letitia Wright), T’Challa’s little sister. Ironheart has, at times, been part of the Young Avengers team. In the comics, he’s equally as complex and often finds himself, in turns, allied with or fighting against the traditional do-gooder teams like the Avengers, the X-Men, and the Fantastic Four. At the end of the film, Namor tells one of his allies that forging an alliance with Wakanda will ultimately benefit his underwater realm. But presumably we will see Shuri suit up before then in another Marvel film or television series.
Black Panther Wakanda Forever movie review: The MCU film has human emotions at the heart of it and is anchored by some great acting.
It’s about differences. It’s about vengeance. It’s about love.
Rihanna, Burna Boy, Snow Tha Product and Stormzy perform songs from and inspired by the second “Black Panther” movie.
“La Vida” (“The Life”), sung and rapped in Spanish and English by Snow Tha Product, is a declaration of Indigenous pride that adds a dancehall undertow to the harp arpeggios of traditional Mexican son jarocho. [“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,”](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/09/movies/black-panther-wakanda-forever-review.html) adds another culture to the mix: an undersea realm ruled by Marvel’s long-running character Namor, the Sub-Mariner. Near the end, the album breaks into a major key. He favors foreboding minor chords and orchestral depths, a backdrop that brings out the most desolate sentiments of his collaborators. While the song is a careful international alliance, nothing upstages Rihanna. On the screen, that has meant inventing Wakanda as a disciplined, high-tech African nation.
The unexpected real-world death of the actor behind Black Panther threw all plans for the sequel out the window. But writer-director Ryan Coogler found a ...
It was simply a grief-stricken shout about the stochasticity of death: How dare that woman get to grow old when my mother never will? In the year after my mother died after her own unforeseen, all-too-short battle with colon cancer, I saw a stranger on the street who looked a little bit like her, but a decade older, and was instantly filled with a conflagration of rage. Wakanda Forever doesn’t end when Shuri decides not to throw her people into a potentially endless existential war for the sake of grief-motivated revenge. It’s the foundation that allows Wakanda Forever to straddle the line between superheroes in supersuits slugging each other with fists and a meditation on actual human loss, without tumbling down. Very few of these stories feel as though they’re coming from a place the creators have have been themselves — only, perhaps, what they’ve observed when interacting with a friend or loved one whose mental health is at an all-time low. “The Wakandans never had to leave,” the director and co-writer said. The true difference between Wakanda and Namor’s home city of Talokan, Coogler told Polygon via Zoom, is that Talokan was born in loss. The MCU has been trying to talk about superhero trauma in one way or another since as far back as 2013’s Iron Man 3. [the way he worked to develop that role](https://www.polygon.com/23439459/ryan-coogler-black-panther-wakanda-forever-original-script-with-chadwick-boseman) was integral to the film. No one in Wakanda Forever says the word “cancer” out loud, but when T’Challa’s death comes only minutes into the movie, it has every hallmark of the public story of Boseman’s passing. [died in the late summer of 2020](https://www.polygon.com/23398495/black-panther-wakanda-forever-cast-director-chadwick-boseman), the shock and sadness among his fans was virtually universal. Instead, the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s King T’Challa dies with Chadwick Boseman — he dies as Chadwick Boseman.
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One of the most impactful scenes of the film was not one that took place in our realm, but on the ancestral plane that had previously been inaccessible until Shuri managed to find a way back in. It doesn’t seem as though Shuri particularly wants to rule now that she has lost both her mother and her brother, so we’re now thinking about who it is that could take on the role in her place. Similar to one of the other questions we answered above, we zeroed in on whether it will be Shuri that takes on the role of Black Panther in future stories. This makes her loss a rather shocking and unexpected one that we wanted to explore the immense repercussions of. For those who don’t remember, this character was a significant part of the first film and was one of the characters who ended up rebelling against T’Challa by siding with Killmonger. Well, we know that we were more than a little bit curious about what impact he could have on this sequel and particularly suspicious that the story would find a way to bring him back even if it was only for just a single scene. There isn’t a lot of information on this one, but we were able to piece together some insights that are sprinkled throughout the film to give the best indication of what led up to his loss. There are more than a few threads left dangling in the film that has had us wondering what significance they could have on the story moving forward. We’ve rounded up all this and more to make sure that you are up to speed on everything there is to know about how this film connects to the broader MCU. No one will ever be able to replace the charisma and compassion that he brought to the role that he made his own in so many ways. If you find yourself in this article, best be prepared that this is a guide for all the spoiler coverage of the film you could ever want. Coming off of a sentimental and sweet final sendoff for Boseman, we’ve broken down how this mid-credits is immensely important to the question of succession of who will now rule Wakanda.
By day, Göransson recorded with Mexican musicians, and by night, he was recording with Mexican singers and rappers. “I was using the morning sessions to put ...
And modern synthesizers figure in the theme for Shuri (Letitia Wright), the tech-minded Wakandan princess who steps up in the wake of his brother’s death and the threat to her country. The kora, a West African stringed instrument that sounds like a lute or a harp, became a key element of the score, as did traditional African drums like the sabar and djembe. He discovered the “flute of truth,” a high-pitched whistle-like woodwind instrument, and vowed to incorporate the “death whistle,” which has a piecing sound like a human scream. When filming was complete, director Coogler accompanied Göransson to Lagos, Nigeria, for another two weeks of finding and collaborating with African musicians, singers and rappers. That turned out to be the beginning of what Göransson describes as an attempt “to create a complete, immersive sound and music experience for the viewer” whereby songs and score are seamlessly intertwined throughout the film. “I was using the morning sessions to put together beats and songs that we would use later that day with the artists,” the composer reports.
"Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" lead hairstylist Camille Friend sat down with Allure to share her experience working on the film and the sentimental ...
[hair](https://www.allure.com/story/stranger-things-season-four-hairstyles) should act as an aid in revealing things about the characters, plot, and context of the story — and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever does an amazing job of doing just that. We got to pray; we got to meditate. Now, four years after the debut of Black Panther and two years after the death of actor [Chadwick Boseman](https://www.allure.com/story/2018-met-gala-chadwick-boseman-all-white-outfit), the Marvel franchise excitedly yet sorrowfully continues with Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Drummers came, and we just got to have that experience with each other," Friend recounts. Especially as Black people, we change; we cut our hair, we grow it; we put weaves in or wear [wigs](https://www.allure.com/gallery/where-to-buy-good-wigs-online). [Black Panther](https://www.allure.com/story/mac-cosmetics-black-panther-wakanda-forever-collection) premiered in 2018.
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever's Ancestral Plane scene offers a surprising cameo and brings back a beloved character from the first film.
However, part of her also hopes to visit the Ancestral Plane to meet her brother and her mother. She wants to kill Namor and wants the Black Panther's power to fight her enemies. However, in the final battle of Wakanda Forever, Shuri is forced to choose between her rage and her people. In Wakanda Forever, Ryan Coogler explored much more of Shuri, turning her into one of the most layered characters in the MCU. Because during her visit to the Ancestral Plane, it becomes clear the new Black Panther is not healed from her brother’s death. While a visit to the Ancestral Plane was expected, Wakanda Forever's spiritual journey holds one of the movie’s biggest surprises.
The king of Marvel's seas, played regally, with dignity, pride and full of indigenous, anti-colonial swag by Mexican actor Tenoch Huerta, is the Marvel ...